WATCHER: "With your style, I'm surprised you've never drawn any chipmunks ...I mean the critter style chipmunk from the Alvin and the Chipmunks movies. I think you could do them fantastic"
Maaaaaaybe, but I'm old-skool (lol), so of course I'm more likely to draw from an earlier version of the Chipmunks series ...not necessarily so far back as the originals (which were actual chipmunks), or not even as far back as 'The Alvin Show', but someplace in-between ...because I'm lazy, and the 1970's *Chuck-Jones versions are easy to draw. ^^
*this pose was inspired from 'A Chipmunks Christmas'
The 70's/80's chipmunks are a strange breed---they are extremely anthro in their design; effectively human. Imagine one of these super-anthro-munks barking at you from a tree, for all the world looking like an angry, naked toddler. :p I wonder if there are other such creatures in the Chipmunks's universe (we many never know ...and might be better off for it). ^^
Anyway, 'The Chipmunks' has been on my draw list for ages, like from when I was writing re-views on the regular. In fact, I was going to re-view the infamous 'Cookie-Chomper' episode, but opted against it---my doing so could upset too many people, esp. given my tendency to write (clean-but-) inappropriate, unfunny jokes. :p
But I can certainly draw Alvin without getting myself cancelled (I hope!), so here he is! You cannot know the temptation to draw a tail on this ACO of Alvin, with his Golden Echo Harmonica, but I resisted! lol
I drew Alvin beginning to end with a Wallace 'Zephyr' pencil; this ACO was not delineated.
The featured pencil is a 'Rock-N-Roll' 49. I dunno who made it---my guess would be Empire, but I really and truly don't know (two-digit pencil numbers aren't too common). ^^ All I can truly say about this pencil is its florescent-orange paint does not scan very well. ^^
EDIT: This pencil was made by American Pencil Co. :3
I'm sure he would play it still...if he were big enough! Also, speaking of that infamous episode, I am a die hard munks fan, they are my world, and yet...that episode when I stumbled upon it, almost ruined them completely for me. I almost hung up my A cap
I'm sure he would play it still...if he were big enough! Also, speaking of that infamous episode, I
I've learned something new today. I never knew Alvin and the Chipmunks had an earlier art style; I grew up with the style (the 2D style) from their 90s series. I don't quite have an opinion on their new 3D style that we see today, I guess most of us are partial to the art styles of our favorite characters that we grow up with.
I take it by his look, Alvin's was still that troublemaking scamp that I remember growing up with... ALLVVVIIIINNNNN! :3
I've learned something new today. I never knew Alvin and the Chipmunks had an earlier art style; I g
There is a tendency in furry art to treat fur itself somewhat like colored skin. It can blush, get scratched, isn't matted by water and so on. This results in characters that are toony in the respect of acting like they're made of colored modelling clay and I think th chipmunks epitomize this, starting from before most furry art was a thing.
This -of course- can make said characters reeeeal hard to move into 3D as they end up looking plastic and fake, lacking in detail. (Just try and imagine a 3D, quill-less Sonic The Hedgehog.) Movies like Garfield have tried to just add a fur texture but you usually need to go for a fuller redesign. The chipmunks movies did this well, creating a distinct generation of characters that even won them some new fans.
I am amazed there's no harmonica pencils.
There is a tendency in furry art to treat fur itself somewhat like colored skin. It can blush, get s
I've had similar thoughts about the most recent Pokemon games, of how everything appears as if it's made from the same material: fur; skin; wood; rock; grass, etc., all looks like rubbery stuff----the kind that comes back up after one presses into it. :P
I've had similar thoughts about the most recent Pokemon games, of how everything appears as if it's
